Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Healthy turnover marks third gaining week of stocks

DSE Weekly Review Healthy turnover marks third gaining week of stocks Dhaka stocks continued to gain for the third week last week amid healthy turnover as participation of retail investors increased thanks to the market’s gradual uptrend. DSEX, the newly launched benchmark index of Dhaka Stock Exchange, gained 2.51 per cent or 105.38 points, to ... Read more

11 banks hold 74.25pc classified loan

The country’s 11 banks held 74.25 per cent default loans of the banking sector as of December 31, 2012 as a significant amount of loans has been classified by the banks due to recent banking scams, said Bangladesh Bank officials. The 11 banks including four state-owned banks and three specialised banks are Sonali Bank, Janata Bank, ... Read more

Online sales of products gaining popularity

Online sales of products are gaining popularity in the country, said participants of a fair in the capital on Friday. The three-day fair began on the day where entrepreneurs who only use to sell their products through online are taking part. Constant Solutions, an IT and marketing organisation, organised the fair titled

Duronto, Kings face off in knockout tie

Captaincy remained the focal point for Duronto Rajshahi and Chittagong Kings as they clash with each other in the first eliminator today where the losers will be eliminated from the Bangladesh Premier League. The winner of the tie, meanwhile, will take on Sylhet Royals to determine which team goes through to the all-important final on ... Read more

Feni taste second win

Feni Soccer Club registered only their second victory after they dished out a single-goal defeat to Arambagh KS in the Grameenphone Bangladesh Premier League at the Shaheed Salam Stadium in Feni on Friday. Liberian striker Anthony Paul Doe scored the all-important goal in the eighth minute, taking advantage of a defensive mistake as Anthony did ... Read more

Hand in hand in candlelight vigil

Shahbagh Protests Hand in hand in candlelight vigil People joined a candlelight vigil the protesters held in the Shahbagh crossing by lighting candles across the country on Thursday evening symbolically dispelling the darkness war criminals had cast on the nation. Protesters, after the candlelight vigil, said that they would hold a grand rally at Shahbagh ... Read more

Stop violence against women

Thousands join human chains in Dhaka as part of global movement Thousands of people took the streets in the capital and elsewhere in the country on Thursday demanding an end to violence against women. Prominent personalities, rights activists, actors, corporate officials, students as well as NGO representatives joined the protests throughout the

3G mobile service licence auction on June 24

BTRC invites applications for four licences Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission will hold an auction for awarding four 3G mobile service licences on June 24 as the commission on Thursday invited applications from mobile phone operators of home and abroad to participate in the bidding. The BTRC will award three licences to three out of five ... Read more

DSE turnover hits 4-month high

Turnover of the Dhaka Stock Exchange hit a four-month high on Thursday as the bourse gained on the day amid injection of fresh funds from the institutional investors and retailers. The turnover of the bourse increased to Tk 552.42 crore from the last trading session’s Tk 482.72 crore. ‘Some new beneficiary owner accounts were opened ... Read more